This is the information page about the shipwreck Sapphire, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 53 6.95 N,4 25.12 W (53.3825, -4.2246833333333)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. 212
2. Abbotsford
3. Albert (possibly)
4. Alexandra
5. Angloman (possibly)
6. Asmund
7. Breeze
8. Caernarvon bay (probably)
9. Captain mclintock
10. Cartegena
11. Castilian
12. Dagmar
13. Dakota
14. Fairisle
15. Ferocious
16. Grampian castle
17. Gwynfaen
18. Harold
19. Hindlea
20. Hms campina
21. Hms conway
22. Hmsm h5
23. Katy
24. Kimya
25. Kimya (part of)
26. Kinkorth
27. Kirkmichael
28. Lilly (possibly)
29. Llandulas (probably)
30. Lynkar
31. Maarten cornelis
32. Marquess of bute (possibly)
33. Mary
34. Meath
35. Missouri
36. Oria
37. Osseo
38. Pegasus (possibly)
39. Progress (possibly)
40. Rhyl
41. Saint olaf
42. Sapphire
43. Segontium (sirgontium)
44. Town of wexford (possibly)
45. Wern (possibly)

 

Name: SAPPHIRE

Length 15.2 meter, tonnage 25 ton

Cause: grounded on unmarked wk of grampian castle and was abandoned. later floated off and sank. (holyhead mrsc)

Year of registration: 1991

Water depth above wreck: 7 meter

Known since: 1991, last detected: 1991

Details measurements/cartography: HH210/350/01 25.1.91 HH210/350/01 25.1.91 AGROUND IN 530718N, 042312W. (HOLYHEAD MRSC, 240715Z JAN) DRIFTED OFF GRAMPIAN CASTLE AND SANK. LOCATED BY CAERNARFON HBR MASTER IN 530654N, 042512W. MARKED TEMPORARILY BY BUOYS. (HOLYHEAD MRSC 241200Z JAN) - WZ 181 ISSUED - NCA YET. HH210/350/01 6.3.91 HH210/350/01 6.3.91 DISPERSAL OPERATIONS, PROBABLY USING EXPLOSIVES, BEING DISCUSSED. NO FIRM TIMETABLE YET. (CAERNARFON HBR MASTER, TELECON) - TNM ISSUED. 26.4.91 26.4.91 REPORTED BY FISHERMEN TO HAVE BROKEN UP. BUOY HAS DISAPPEARED. (HBR MASTER, CAERNARFON, TELECON) - NCA YET. HH210/350/01 11.6.91 HH210/350/01 11.6.91 BUOY IS MISSING. SMALL MOUND, 2MTRS HIGH, LOCATED 26.5.91 USING E/S IN 530656N, 042503W IN GEN DEPTH ABOUT 7MTRS. LOCALS STATE WK HAS STARTED TO BREAK UP OR SINK INTO THE SANDBANK. (K HURLEY, 28.5.91) - CHART AS USC PA 5MTRS

- NM 1770/91.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 53 6.95 N,4 25.12 W

 

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